Attachment for boilers



Patented Oct. 21, 1924.

UNITED STATES WILLIAM A. BALMAIN, 0F BRISTOW, OKLAHOMA.

ATTACHMENT FOR- BOILERS.

Application filed. August 19, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A. BALMAIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bristow, in the county of Greek and State of Oklahoma, have invented new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Boilers, of which the following is a specification.

The majority of boilers in use in oil fields are of a portable nature and do not employ the usual water glasses. This class of boilers is equipped with what is called water cocks or lift water gauges, and each time these gauges are raised up the water flows out on to the front of the boiler, causing the boiler to turn white as most of the water in oil fields contains salt. Thus, it is practically impossible to keep the front of the boiler clean, and the salty water has a deteriorating effect upon the metal with which it contacts.

It is therefore to be considered the primary object of the present invention to produce ameans whereby the water let out of such cocks or gauges will be directed away from the boiler.

It is a further object to produce a means of this character which shall be of an eX- tremely simple construction, cheaply manu factured and marketed, easily arranged upon any ordinary construction of boilers, and thoroughly efficient for the purpose devised.

T he drawings illustrate a satisfactory embodiment of the improvement reduced to practice, and in which Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the improvement detached.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates an ordinary portable boiler such as is commonly used in oil fields, and 2 the Water cooks or lift water gauges therefor. Below the gauges 2 I arrange a gutter 5 to receive the drippings from the gauges. The gutter 5 is integrally Serial No. 582,987.

formed by bending the lower edge of a flat plate 4 outwardly and upwardly. The plate at has its inner edge flanged outwardly, as at 3, the lower end of the flange being received in the trough 5, and closing the said trough at one end thereof. The plate 4L is provided with a series of openings 8 through which the gauges 2 are screwed, and whereby the improvement is sustained upon the outer face of the boiler 1. The gutter projects beyond one side of the boiler 1, and the upper and outer corner of the plate 4. is cut at adownward inclination, as indicated by the numeral 7. At the terminal of the said out portion 7 the plate is formed with a strap 6 which is bent at a downward angle against the outer side and below the gutter 5 to reinforce the gutter at the outer end thereof.

The gutter is arranged at a slight downward inclination so that water let out of the gauges entering the said gutter will flow therethrough and be delivered a suitable distance from the boiler.

Having described the invention, I claim In combination with a boiler having lift gauges screwed in one of the faces thereof, of a means for delivering water dripping from the gauges to one side of the boiler, comprising a metal plate having openings therethrough through which the gauges are screwed to contact the plate for sustaining the same on the boiler, said plate having its lower edge rounded outwardly and upwardly to provide an angularly disposed gutter, its inner edge flanged outwardly and the lower portion thereof entering and closing one end of the gutter, said plate having its upper and outer corner formed with a strap that is arranged over the outer side and below the gutter at the delivery end thereof and the said delivery end of the gutter being disposed a distance from one side of the boiler.

In testimony whereof I afiiX my signature.

WILLIAM A. BALMAIN. 

